Immunologic characterization of canine factor VIII

Immunologic characterization of canine factor VIII.

Canine factor VIII (FVIII) preparations isolated from cryoprecipitates by gel chromatography were pooled to provide one batch of antigen for simultaneous immunization of two rabbits and a goat. The goat and rabbit antisera had similar FVIII-neutralizing titers, but the latter had seven to ten times more precipitating titer for FVIII-related antigen (FVIII-RA). Absorption with material low in FV...

Immunologic characterization of 12 factor VIII inhibitors.

Progress toward inducing immunologic tolerance to factor VIII.

A major problem in treating hemophilia A patients with therapeutic factor VIII (FVIII) is that 20% to 30% of these patients produce neutralizing anti-FVIII antibodies. These antibodies block (inhibit) the procoagulant function of FVIII and thus are termed "inhibitors." The currently accepted clinical method to attempt to eliminate inhibitors is immune tolerance induction (ITI) via a protocol re...

Immunologic studies of antihemophilic factor (AHF, factor VIII). V. Immunologic properties of AHF subunits produced by salt dissociation.

Isolation and Characterization of Human Factor VIII

Factor VIII (antihemophilic factor) has been purified approximately 500.fold from the cryoprecipitate fraction of human plasma. The isolation procedure involves adsorption of contaminants with Al(OH),, column chromatography on tricalcium citrate-cellulose, precipitation with concanavalin A, and an agarose gel filtration step. The linal product is homogeneous when examined by zone electrophoresi...